Where does “đậu trắng” come from?

đậu trắng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đậu, from Vietnamese đậu phụ, from Chinese 豆腐 — tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

đậu trắng (Vietnamese): Black-eyed pea

Definitions

  1. Black-eyed pea

Ancestry of “đậu trắng”, step by step

đậu trắng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ—
Every word from Chinese 豆腐 →Every word from Vietnamese đậu phụ →Every word from Vietnamese đậu →